Brazil is divided into severaltypes and levels of subdivisions.
Since 1942, theBrazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics has divided Brazil into five geographic regions.[1] On 23 November 1970, the regions of Brazil were adjusted slightly to the definition that is still in use today.[2]
Brazil is divided into 27 federative units: 26 states and 1 federal district (Distrito Federal).
Acre (AC)
Alagoas (AL)
Amapá (AP)
Amazonas (AM)
Bahia (BA)
Ceará (CE)
Espírito Santo (ES)
Goiás (GO)
Maranhão (MA)
Mato Grosso (MT)
Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
Minas Gerais (MG)
Pará (PA)
Paraíba (PB)
Paraná (PR)
Pernambuco (PE)
Piauí (PI)
Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Rio Grande do Norte (RN)
Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
Rondônia (RO)
Roraima (RR)
Santa Catarina (SC)
São Paulo (SP)
Sergipe (SE)
Tocantins (TO)
Distrito Federal (DF)The lowest level of political division of Brazil are the municipalities, which has some political and economical autonomy. There are 5569 municipalities in Brazil, comprising almost the entirety of the country's territory. The only exceptions are the Federal District (not divided into municipalities, but into 35 administrative regions, without any political autonomy) and the archipelago ofFernando de Noronha, which consists in a state district of Pernambuco.
For statistical purposes, Brazilian states and the Federal District are divided into "Intermediate Geographic Regions" (Portuguese:Regiões Geográficas Intermediárias), which themselves are divided into smaller "Immediate Geographic Regions" (Regiões Geográficas Imediatas), which correspond to ametropolitan area.[3] In 1989–2017, they were grouped intomesoregions andmicroregions.